粵

口hau2氣hei3

simp口气
hau2 hei3kǒu qì

English

  1. tone of voice
  2. (noun) 1. breath of mouth; (of linguistics) (2.) tone (e.g. gentle, mean, unfriendly, etc.)
  3. the way one speaks
  4. manner of expression
  5. tone
  6. smell given off by the mouth
  7. speaking attitude

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 口釋放出嚟嘅氣味,通常形容果啲令人厭惡嘅氣味
  2. 講嘢嘅態度;語氣

Examples

  • 佢啲口氣聞落好似山羊芝士咁。

    His breath smells like goat cheese.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 佢一口氣冇停飲曬成樽。

    Tatoeba · kaenif CC BY

  • 大澤鬆咗口氣,望吓間房入面,見到淨係得張床。 上面掛住一幅平價嘅相框畫,係一幅女性裸體嘅畫。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 她鬆了一口氣。

    She gave out a sigh of relief.

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

  • 请深吸一口气。

    Please take a deep breath.

    Tatoeba · crescat CC BY

  • 吸一口气,妈的!

    Breathe, damn you!

    Tatoeba · ColawithIce CC BY

  • 有口氣

    to have bad breath

  • 食煙嘅人有好大陣口氣。

    Smokers have very bad breath.

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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